Re: How to look for specific bootp server

To: napi@mimos.my
Subject: Re: How to look for specific bootp server
From: <markus@infoscape.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 21:05:12 +0200
Cc: netboot@baghira.han.de, napi@cel.cel12.mimos.my, Ken.Yap@cmis.CSIRO.AU
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Reply-To: netboot@baghira.han.de

Mohd-Hanafiah Abdullah writes:
 > Using etherboot, how do I configure the PROM or floppy so that the diskless
 > client will look for a specific bootp server only.  This is to avoid conflicts
 > arising from the presence of more than one bootp servers.

This is not possible. The BOOTP protocol requires the initial request
is sent out as a broadcasted datagram. OTOH, you should not see any
conflicts between the servers, because you servers should be
configured to only respond to known MAC addresses.


Markus

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